How To Install paml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install paml on Kali Linux. paml is Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood (PAML)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paml on Kali Linux.

What is paml

paml is:

PAML is a package of programs for phylogenetic analyses of DNA or protein sequences using maximum likelihood. PAML is not good for tree making. It may be used to estimate parameters and test hypotheses to study the evolutionary process, when you have reconstructed trees using other programs such as PAUP*, PHYLIP, MOLPHY, PhyML, RaxML, etc.

There are three methods to install paml on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install paml Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install paml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install paml

Install paml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install paml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install paml

Install paml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install paml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paml

How To Uninstall paml on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the paml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove paml

Uninstall paml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall paml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paml

Remove paml Configurations and Data

To remove paml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge paml

Remove paml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove paml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paml

Dependencies

paml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.